Qatar has become the latest state to sign up to the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Ballast…
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Trump’s offshore oil drilling plan draws protest in California
Environmental activists in California on Thursday protested a Trump Administration proposal to vastly increase offshore oil drilling in…
Hyundai Heavy reports deeper loss
By Jite Eriabie South Koran shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) ended the fourth quarter of 2017…
Greeks remain world’s largest shipowners with fleet worth $99.6bn
By Jite Eriabie Led by Greek owners, the global fleet continued to grow in 2017, albeit…
Egina field and the senate’s value-for-money mission
By Lakinbofa Goodluck That the oil and gas industry is strategic to Nigeria’s economic performance is…
Waiting for Oando forensic audit
Bashir Ibrahim Hassan The Indian branch ofPriceWaterhouseCoopers(PwC) has beenbanned for two years, effective31st March 2018,by the…
Should government continue to subsidize fuel?
Since this year started, Nigeria has spent an excess of $5 billion (4.3 billion euros) on…
Mother abandons day old baby in airport bathroom
Authorities are looking for a mother who they believe abandoned her newborn baby at Tucson International…
DPR seals 14 filling stations in Sokoto, Kebbi for selling above N145
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), says it sealed 14 filling stations in Sokoto and…
Coastguards find three dead migrants on boat, rescue 82 others
Spain’s coastguards rescued 82 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean on Friday but found the bodies…
Customs hands over seized rice, maize to IDPs in Adamawa
The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) on Friday handed over seized rice, maize and soaps for distribution…
Asian piracy incidents drop in January – ReCAAP
By Jite Eriabie A total of seven incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were…